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Cities of the Plain
Marcel Proust; C. K. Scott Moncrieff [trans.]
1927
Albert & Charles Boni : New York
8" by 5"
352; 384pp.
SUMMARY
A limited edition two volume set featuring Marcel Prousts novel Sodom and Gomorrah translated into English, from the library of the publisher James Laughlin.
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs1 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
A limited edition, being number 22/a out of 2000 numbered copies.
Previously owned by James Laughlin, the American publisher who founded the New Directions Publishing company.
In the publishers original quarter cloth with metallic paper to the boards.
A two volume, complete set.
This set features Marcel Prousts fourth volume in his lengthy Remembrance of Things Past series, which was written in French and originally titled Sodome et Gomorrhe I, translated here by C. K. Scott Moncrieff. This work follows high society in France during the end of the 19th century, and early twentieth century.
CONDITION
In the publishers original quarter cloth with paper to the boards. Externally smart with handling marks and slight rubbing to the paper to the boards. Booksellers label to the front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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